english - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:20:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 How about some old-timey erotic literature? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/03/how-about-some-old-timey-erotic-literature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-about-some-old-timey-erotic-literature Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:00:04 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7447 Today’s world is full of nostalgia. Everywhere you look, people are yearning for “the good old days”, such as when kids could play in the woods all day without supervision. When you could eat undercooked meat or seafood without a care in the world. And when writers were writers.  When books were, well, real BOOKS […]

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]]> 20 Pitch Phrases practically guaranteed to lead to Kickstarter Success https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/01/20-pitch-phrases-practically-guaranteed-to-lead-to-kickstarter-success/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-pitch-phrases-practically-guaranteed-to-lead-to-kickstarter-success Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:58 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7260 How’s your Kickstarter campaign coming along? Are you struggling against the deadline, or do you think you’ll end up refunding all the money back to the contributors? Any shark will tell you, it’s a tough sell to create an online pitch and successfully convince strangers to give you money for a product that may or […]

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]]> Words banned for use in 2013 and beyond https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/01/words-banned-for-use-in-2013-and-beyond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=words-banned-for-use-in-2013-and-beyond Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:48 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5775 Web Watch has pleaded with our readers in the past to STOP USING WORDS LIKE VAJAZZLE and MAN CAVE, and we’ve told you about WORDS I LOVE, WORDS I HATE. And apparently, Web Watch’s crusade to clean up everyone’s daily language is reaching new ears every day, and others are beginning to pick up the gauntlet […]

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]]> The Pun Generator: when you absolutely need a pun RIGHT NOW https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/12/the-pun-generator-when-you-absolutely-need-a-pun-right-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pun-generator-when-you-absolutely-need-a-pun-right-now Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:35 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5702 Web Watch loves a good pun. Alas, “good pun” is also an oxymoron, as there are millions of people out there who think that the lowly pun is the worst form of a joke that’s possible. It takes no thought, they say.  It’s not funny, they lament. Web Watch believes that these people are upset […]

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